THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Sculpture | Magna Graecia
41. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus with Greek inscription (left short side).
Marble.
Late 3rd cent. CE.
Palermo, Regional Archaeological Museum “Antonio Salinas”.
42. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus depicting Heracles and Charon.
Marble.
3rd cent. CE.
Palermo, Regional Archaeological Museum “Antonio Salinas”.
43. SCULPTURE. Rome.
Sarcophagus depicting Heracles and Charon.
Marble.
3rd cent. CE.
Palermo, Regional Archaeological Museum “Antonio Salinas”.
44. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
Seated statue of Zeus from Solunto.
Limestone, marble.
2nd—1st cent. BCE.
Palermo, Regional Archaeological Museum “Antonio Salinas”.
45. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
Seated statue of Zeus from Solunto.
Limestone, marble.
2nd—1st cent. BCE.
Palermo, Regional Archaeological Museum “Antonio Salinas”.
46. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
Seated statue of Zeus from Solunto.
Limestone, marble.
2nd—1st cent. BCE.
Palermo, Regional Archaeological Museum “Antonio Salinas”.
47. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
Seated statue of Zeus from Solunto.
Limestone, marble.
2nd—1st cent. BCE.
Palermo, Regional Archaeological Museum “Antonio Salinas”.
48. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
The punishment of Actaeon. Metopes of the temple “E” in Selinuntum (Sicily).
First half of the 5th cent. BCE.
Inv. No. 3921.
Palermo, Regional Archaeological Museum “Antonio Salinas”.
49. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
Head of a “Philosopher”.
Bronze. 450—400 BCE.
Inv. No. 17096.
Reggio di Calabria, National Museum of Magna Grecia.
50. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
Head of a “Philosopher”.
Bronze. 450—400 BCE.
Inv. No. 17096.
Reggio di Calabria, National Museum of Magna Grecia.
51. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
Colossal head of Asclepius.
Marble.
1st cent. BCE.
Syracuse, Regional Archaeological Museum “Paolo Orsi”.
52. SCULPTURE. Southern Italy.
Sarcophagus with portraits of the spouses in a shell and scenes of the Old and the New Testament (The sarcophagus of Adelfia).
Marble.
Second quarter of the 4th cent. CE.
CIL X 7123.
Syracuse, Regional Archaeological Museum “Paolo Orsi”.
53. SCULPTURE. Southern Italy.
Sarcophagus with portraits of the spouses in a shell and scenes of the Old and the New Testament (The sarcophagus of Adelfia).
Marble.
Second quarter of the 4th cent. CE.
CIL X 7123.
Syracuse, Regional Archaeological Museum “Paolo Orsi”.
54. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
Statue of Priapus.
Limestone.
Second half of 3rd cent. BCE.
Syracuse, Regional Archaeological Museum “Paolo Orsi”.
55. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
Statue of Priapus.
Limestone.
Second half of 3rd cent. BCE.
Syracuse, Regional Archaeological Museum “Paolo Orsi”.
56. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
Statue of Priapus.
Limestone.
Second half of 3rd cent. BCE.
Syracuse, Regional Archaeological Museum “Paolo Orsi”.
57. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
Colossal head of Asclepius.
Marble.
Augustan copy after a Hellenistic work of the sculptor Phyromachos (2nd cent. BCE).
Inv. No. 693.
Syracuse, Regional Archaeological Museum “Paolo Orsi”.
58. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
Funerary statue of a kouros (“Kouros from Megara Hyblaea”).
Cycladic marble.
Ca 550 BCE.
Inv. No. 49401.
Syracuse, Regional Archaeological Museum “Paolo Orsi”.
59. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
Funerary statue of a kouros (“Kouros from Megara Hyblaea”).
Cycladic marble.
Ca 550 BCE.
Inv. No. 49401.
Syracuse, Regional Archaeological Museum “Paolo Orsi”.
60. SCULPTURE. Magna Graecia.
Funerary statue of a kouros (“Kouros from Megara Hyblaea”).
Cycladic marble.
Ca 550 BCE.
Inv. No. 49401.
Syracuse, Regional Archaeological Museum “Paolo Orsi”.